Rebirth as an official

"Secretary, I think it is very necessary for the county party committee to implement institutional reform this time and streamline the staff of the agency. Judging from the current efficiency of our government's operation, reform will be carried out sooner or later. So in my opinion, the reform will inevitably It will bring a lot of resistance and will also bring various effects, but it is better to do it late than to do it early, and the long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain.”

"It seems that you have also done research on this aspect." Chen Xingsheng praised.

"When I came to work in the government office, I happened to see some information about our county and did some research." Li An replied.

"Not bad, then please tell me carefully." Chen Xingsheng's eyes lit up and he said with great interest.

"Okay secretary." Li An paused, having sorted out what he wanted to say in his mind.

“Let’s talk about the ratio of officials to citizens first. Yangdong County has a total permanent population of 41, but there are more than 500 civil servants and public service personnel. Our ratio of officials to citizens is 1:54, which is already higher than the national average of 1:197. Three times more."

"This data can illustrate a problem. There are too many civil servants in our county and the organization is too bloated. Especially the government agencies and departments have placed a large number of people. This has led to people who are busy to death and idle to death. Some people have nothing to do and fish in troubled waters. , pushing each other around when things happen, which actually leads to low work efficiency."

"There are people who carry iron rice bowls every day, happily eat public food, drink tea, commute to and from get off work easily, comfortably, have nothing to do, and have no sense of disobedience, but their contribution to society and organizations is minimal. Not only It has increased the financial and social burdens, occasionally created obstacles for the people, failed to do practical things, and made the people unhappy."

"As for departments, many institutions and personnel have lost the need to exist many years ago. However, because they are within the establishment, they have been consuming the financial budget. There are also departments with duplicate functions, stacked up, and multiple departments. Multiple departments are in charge of things, rushing to do things that are of interest, and no one cares if something goes wrong, which makes the people complain."

"So I think the institutional reform and personnel streamlining you proposed are in line with the development of the times. It can not only improve the operational efficiency of the government and various departments, make management smoother, but also reduce fiscal expenditures and use more funds on the people. "

"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Chen Xingsheng said three good words directly. It can be seen that Li An's words touched Chen Xingsheng's heart.

"Xiao Li, when you go back later, you can compile what you just said into a manuscript and hand it in. I think it can be published in Yangdong Daily or Linjiang Daily." Chen Xingsheng said happily. .

The reform of government institutions that I vigorously promoted this time encountered great resistance. Not only did many members of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee express their opposition, but even many leaders of the Municipal Party Committee criticized it and expressed their opposition in a subtle way.

Reforming government agencies and streamlining government staff is a major event with great political influence.This matter not only affects Yangdong County. If Chen Xingsheng's pilot is successful, it is very likely to lead to the institutional reform of the entire Linjiang City. On a larger scale, it will have a certain influence on the entire Qingchuan Province.

But institutional reform is affecting the cake of the vast majority of people.

Historically, there have been very few successful reforms, but many have failed, and usually the losers have suffered miserably.

This is Chen Xingsheng's first step. He needs support, not only from the leadership, but also from public opinion.

This reform must be known to more people, gain public support, and follow the trend. This is the key to the success of the reform.

At this moment, what Li An said was reprocessed, written into an article and published in a newspaper. After a little more work, if it could be published in a provincial newspaper like Qingchuan Daily, it would be the best to be able to impress the leaders of the province.

At this time, Li An, who was sitting opposite Chen Xingsheng, naturally had no idea what the county party secretary was thinking.

Ang Lee just summarized the experience of his predecessors and refined some classic words and stories into his own words.

"Li An, I read you right. In this way, the reform plans of the "two offices" cannot be carried out separately. The reform plan of the commissioned office is drafted by Peng Zheng. You can go find him later, and the two of you can put this together. The reform plans of the two offices will be finalized.”

"Okay, secretary." Li An nodded.

"Remember, your first priority right now is this matter. You can put other tasks aside and get them done as soon as possible." Chen Xingsheng gave another instruction.

Chen Xingsheng looked at Li An who respectfully said goodbye and left, tapping his fingers rhythmically on the table, recalling Li An's wonderful speech just now, and murmured thoughtfully.

"This Li An has a flexible mind, ideas, and ability to do things. Being the deputy director of the government office is a bit unworthy."

After Li An left Chen Xingsheng's office, he walked a few steps and knocked on the door of the office next door. Chen Xingsheng's full-time secretary Peng Zheng was working in the next room.

The office of a full-time secretary is also standardly located next to the secretary. In some places with good conditions, the secretary's room is connected to the secretary's room to form a suite.

All visitors who want to find the secretary must first pass by the secretary's room. The advantage of this is that the secretary can isolate some officials that the secretary does not want to see.

"Brother Zheng, Li An is reporting to you." Li An saluted Peng Zheng as soon as he entered the door.

"You kid, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, and you have become weird. Pour the water yourself. I have a few documents here to look at." Peng Zheng raised his head and said, and then continued to deal with the matters at hand.

"I'm not in a hurry. Brother Zheng, you get busy first."

Li An went to find a paper cup, and then drank three cups to quench his thirst. He had been talking to Chen Xingsheng for a long time, and his throat was filled with smoke.

After Li An drank enough water, he lit a cigarette. He lay half-ly on the sofa and closed his eyes slightly to let his brain rest for a while. He had been overusing his brain just now.

At this time, Li An was recalling various past events with Peng Zheng in his mind.

Peng Zheng's father and Li An's father were comrades in arms, so the two families could be considered family friends. The two families were very close and kept in touch during every year and festival. ,

Peng Zheng's father, Peng Ye, was assigned to work as a middle-level cadre in a state-owned enterprise in Linjiang City after he was discharged from the army and changed his job.

He has been doing this all his life. Peng Ye was honest and upright, so he was still in the middle level after retirement. It can be said that he was diligent and inactive all his life.

Although Peng Ye himself is relatively ordinary, the son he gave birth to is very competitive. He has been excellent in both conduct and academics since he was a child. He is what his parents call "other people's children." He was admitted to the Chinese Department of Aurora University in college.

It was the early 90s, and the college entrance examination admission rate was only 21%. Being admitted to a prestigious university was considered to be a rare one.

After graduating from university in 1995, which was the last year for university graduates and the state still assigned jobs, Peng Zheng was assigned to work in Linjiang Municipal Government.

Peng Zheng has been working in the Municipal Party Committee Office for these years. He graduated from a prestigious university, is willing to endure hardships, and understands the ways of the world. His career can be said to be smooth.

After Chen Xingsheng's previous secretary, Wang Xuguang, was dismissed from the municipal party committee for violating taboos, Peng Zheng was selected last month.

At only 31 years old, he became the full-time secretary of the county party committee secretary, which is much more powerful than Li An, the deputy director of the government office.

According to the staffing standards, his position as a full-time secretary corresponds to that of deputy director of the county party committee office, which is at the department level.

The 31-year-old cadre at the department level was still the secretary of the county party committee secretary. In less than two years, he was transferred to the grassroots level and became the top leader for a year, and was naturally promoted to a cadre at the deputy division level.

When Li An was a child, his father used Peng Zheng as an example every day to educate himself. He would take him to Peng's house whenever he was free so that he could get along well with Peng Zheng.

So for so many years, Peng Zheng has been like Li An's big brother. Li An was able to join the municipal party committee after graduation, and Peng Zheng also contributed a lot.